Ferrol is the starting point of "La Ruta Inglesa", (The English Route), to Santiago de Compostela, a city visited by thousands of pilgrims each year. This route was originally used by pilgrims from Great Britain , Scandinavia, Holland , Denmark , Iceland ,...

In 1434, around 3,000 pilgrims arrived in the Artabro Gulf , known then as "Portus Magnus Artabrorum".